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Dario Fo

Dario Fo was born on March 24, 1926, in San Giano, Lombardy, Italy, a small fishing village near the border of Switzerland. He was the oldest of three children born to his peasant mother and railway worker father. Fo grew up listening to local storytellers in San Giano and then in Porto Valtraglia, where his family moved when he was 10. He credits both them and his parents with inspiring his own inventiveness and nurturing his imagination. 

Fo came of age during World War II. In 1944,...

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12th Grade

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.” - Montesquieu

“Corruption is inevitable under a system of society which only survives through the exploitation of one class by...